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Derrick Jensen Quotes

Have you ever felt love? Picture Quote #1

Civilization can never be sustainable Picture Quote #1

Learning has to come from doing, not intellectualizing Picture Quote #1

A language Older Than Words Picture Quote #1

So many indigenous people have said to me that the fundamental difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that even the most open-minded westerners generally view listening to the natural world as a metaphor, as opposed to the way the world really is. Trees and rocks and rivers really do have things to say to us Picture Quote #1

We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls Picture Quote #1

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I no longer see Descartes’ statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture’s narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect for direct experience and a negation of the body Picture Quote #1

If you see yourself as entitled to a resource, and if you’re not willing or incapable of seeing this other as a being with whom you can and should be in relation with, then you’re going to take the resource Picture Quote #1

In all of my books, I’ve emphasized that the fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that, for even the most open-minded of the civilized, listening to the natural world is a metaphor Picture Quote #1

The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it springs from the collective consciousness of our culture - but instead it teaches us to value abstract rewards at the expense of our autonomy, curiosity, interior lives, and time Picture Quote #1

Maud Gonne was - excuse me, Maud Gonne was central to the Gaelic literature revival. She wrote plays, and she sang Picture Quote #1

I want you to begin keeping a calendar of who you see and when: the first day each year you see buttercups, the first day frogs start singing, the last day you see robins in the fall, the first day for grasshoppers. In short, I want you to pay attention Picture Quote #1

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From the beginning, this culture - civilization - has been a culture of occupation Picture Quote #1

My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house in Nebraska. When she was a tiny girl - in other words, only four human generations ago - there were still enough wild bison on the Plains that she was afraid lightning storms would spook them and they would trample her home Picture Quote #1

A real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves Picture Quote #1

Forests precede us and deserts dog our heels Picture Quote #1

We must learn how to think like the planet Picture Quote #1

Within this culture wealth is measured by one’s ability to consume and destroy Picture Quote #1

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From the beginning, this culture-civilization - has been a culture of occupation Picture Quote #1

Love does not imply pacifism Picture Quote #1

If your community is founded on an injustice, that injustice cannot be questioned Picture Quote #1

In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves Picture Quote #1

All the mega corporations on the planet make their obscene profits off the labor and suffering of others, with complete disregard for the effects on the workers, environment, and future generations. We have a straightforward proposal: if they want public money, we want public control. It’s that simple Picture Quote #1

You can rarely prove something to someone who does not want to see it proven, and even more to the point, you can almost never prove something to someone who has financial or ideological reasons to not see it proven Picture Quote #1

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If your homeland were invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air and contaminated the food supply, would you resist? Picture Quote #1

Stand with me. Stand and fight. I am one, and we would be two. Two more might join and we would be four. When four more join we will be eight. We will be eight people fighting whom others will join. And then more people. And more. Stand and fight Picture Quote #1

There is always money to kill people. There is never enough money for life affirming ends Picture Quote #1

Our lawns manifest our cultural desire: they are static, they are artificial, and they are kept sexually immature Picture Quote #1

We can follow the example of those who remembered that the role of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with as much integrity as possible, but rather to confront and take down those systems Picture Quote #1

I'm frightened of the intellectualism that can insulate us from action and turn the problems and solutions into puzzles or fantasies Picture Quote #1

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Have you ever felt love? (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Civilization can never be sustainable (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Learning has to come from doing, not intellectualizing (Derrick Jensen Quotes) A language Older Than Words (Derrick Jensen Quotes) So many indigenous people have said to me that the fundamental difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that even the most open-minded westerners generally view listening to the natural world as a metaphor, as opposed to the way the world really is. Trees and rocks and rivers really do have things to say to us (Derrick Jensen Quotes) We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls (Derrick Jensen Quotes) I no longer see Descartes’ statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture’s narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect for direct experience and a negation of the body (Derrick Jensen Quotes) If you see yourself as entitled to a resource, and if you’re not willing or incapable of seeing this other as a being with whom you can and should be in relation with, then you’re going to take the resource. (Derrick Jensen Quotes) In all of my books, I’ve emphasized that the fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that, for even the most open-minded of the civilized, listening to the natural world is a metaphor. (Derrick Jensen Quotes) The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it springs from the collective consciousness of our culture - but instead it teaches us to value abstract rewards at the expense of our autonomy, curiosity, interior lives, and time. (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Maud Gonne was - excuse me, Maud Gonne was central to the Gaelic literature revival. She wrote plays, and she sang. (Derrick Jensen Quotes) I want you to begin keeping a calendar of who you see and when: the first day each year you see buttercups, the first day frogs start singing, the last day you see robins in the fall, the first day for grasshoppers. In short, I want you to pay attention. (Derrick Jensen Quotes) From the beginning, this culture - civilization - has been a culture of occupation (Derrick Jensen Quotes) My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house in Nebraska. When she was a tiny girl - in other words, only four human generations ago - there were still enough wild bison on the Plains that she was afraid lightning storms would spook them and they would trample her home. (Derrick Jensen Quotes) A real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Forests precede us and deserts dog our heels (Derrick Jensen Quotes) We must learn how to think like the planet (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Within this culture wealth is measured by one’s ability to consume and destroy (Derrick Jensen Quotes) From the beginning, this culture-civilization - has been a culture of occupation (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Love does not imply pacifism (Derrick Jensen Quotes) If your community is founded on an injustice, that injustice cannot be questioned (Derrick Jensen Quotes) In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves (Derrick Jensen Quotes) All the mega corporations on the planet make their obscene profits off the labor and suffering of others, with complete disregard for the effects on the workers, environment, and future generations. We have a straightforward proposal: if they want public money, we want public control. It’s that simple (Derrick Jensen Quotes) You can rarely prove something to someone who does not want to see it proven, and even more to the point, you can almost never prove something to someone who has financial or ideological reasons to not see it proven (Derrick Jensen Quotes) If your homeland were invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air and contaminated the food supply, would you resist? (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Stand with me. Stand and fight. I am one, and we would be two. Two more might join and we would be four. When four more join we will be eight. We will be eight people fighting whom others will join. And then more people. And more. Stand and fight (Derrick Jensen Quotes) There is always money to kill people. There is never enough money for life affirming ends (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Our lawns manifest our cultural desire: they are static, they are artificial, and they are kept sexually immature (Derrick Jensen Quotes) We can follow the example of those who remembered that the role of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with as much integrity as possible, but rather to confront and take down those systems (Derrick Jensen Quotes) I'm frightened of the intellectualism that can insulate us from action and turn the problems and solutions into puzzles or fantasies (Derrick Jensen Quotes)

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